Only the unintelligent optimist would have failed to observe subtle moves since the inception of the Mr. Umaru Yar'Adua administration to weaken anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria. It cannot, therefore, be stunning to hear that the last bold move to remove the remaining block in the immensely strong Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) - the plot to send its Chairman, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, to a useless training program that has helped to breed the most corrupt administrators in the country - has been hatched. It is a shame, a repugnant outcome for a government that ought to be very humble before Nigerians. It is a distraction we unambigously reject. Read More

The fiery Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly in Lagos has told former military dicators, Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo that their schemes to oust Yar'Adua in order to regain power and influence will fail. Preaching a message entitled “The King Is Not Yet Dead,”  Pastor Bakare declared: "“Evil genius, that which you are doing, do it quickly. None of you will survive your evil plot."